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"This magical function is: lead and antimony can be used as lead-antimony alloy, and lead-antimony alloy can be used to make lead-acid batteries. The cost of this battery is much lower than that of nickel-cadmium batteries, and it is not toxic. In the future, our warships will Tanks and armored vehicles must use various batteries, and then lead-acid batteries will come in handy.”

Lin Yuan said: "In this case, what do you want me to do? Can't you just buy those ores?"

Fade Chen said: "Things are not as simple as you think. The British are very smart. In order to monopolize these war metals, they controlled the local miners and the transportation channels. These ores can only be sold to the British. Others People can't even see it, we thought about it, what should we do? We can't hit hard, so we can only find you."

Lin Yuan thought: "Snatching these minerals back and selling goods to foreign people, can these two things be combined?" Lin Yuan thought of a way, arranged things in Beijing, got up and came to Shanghai .

Since the signing of the "Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing" in 1842, Shanghai has officially become a port for trade between China and foreign countries. For a long period of time after that, Shanghai has been the largest port in China. There is a reason why Shanghai can become the largest port in China. reason.

First of all, the East China Sea facing Shanghai is very deep and can berth many 100-ton cargo ships. Second, Shanghai is backed by the Yangtze River, and goods from Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangxi provinces can easily and quickly reach Shanghai via the Yangtze River.In this era, China's foreign trade mainly exported tea, raw silk and soybeans, among which tea was the most important, with an annual export volume of [-] million quintals, which was more than the sum of raw silk and soybeans.

The four provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangxi have always been the main producing areas of my country's tea, so it is not surprising that it is shipped to foreign countries through Shanghai. In this era, Shanghai already has concessions, such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and France. The concession area in Shanghai has nearly ten thousand mu.

Lin Yuan came to Shanghai through official channels, so people from all walks of life in Shanghai came to visit. Lin Yuan ignored them, but went straight to find where Fade Chen is - No. [-], Zhenghe Street.

Zhang's Group is also rich and powerful now, so they can't look shabby when they come out to do things, so Fade Chen rented a small building with a front and back garden as his office. When Lin Yuan arrived, Fade Chen was talking to a middle-aged man. The middle-aged man was talking, and when the middle-aged man saw Lin Yuan coming, he got up and wanted to say goodbye.

Fade Chen waved his hand and said, "No need, no need." Then he pointed at Lin Yuan and said, "He is my horse boy, and I don't hide anything from him."

Lin Yuan smiled helplessly, and sat next to the middle-aged man. Fade Chen introduced to Lin Yuan: "This old man's surname is Zhou, and his name is Zhou Sihua. He is the captain of the British Yangtze River Fleet. The tungsten ore is produced in Jiangxi. , Yunnan’s tin ore is also transported from the Yangtze River, and they are all transported to Shanghai Port through their fleet.”

Lin Yuan asked, "Then why are you looking for him?"

Chen Fei said: "In order to wait for you to come, we wanted to delay this batch of goods, so we found him."

Zhou Sihua said helplessly: "Boss Chen, [-] tons of ore has already been shipped to Shanghai. We really can't do anything about it, but there will be more ore in the future. Don't worry, we promise to delay the time for you. How long will it last! You are right, why should we give good things to foreigners!"

After Zhou Sihua finished speaking, he walked out, and Lin Yuan asked, "Have you discussed with the British now? Has the British responded?"

Fade Chen sighed helplessly, and said: "The British are doing this by Swire Pacific, and their leader is a Chinese. When we first met, they were very polite to us. They served us tea and Send us snacks, but when we explain our purpose, guess what happened?"

Lin Yuan asked, "He raised the price very high, so he won't sell you?"

Fade Chen said angrily: "That's okay, we explained our purpose, that kid turned his face at that time, and even let us be kicked out, his subordinates were still talking sarcasticly behind, if I was young, I would definitely Take a kitchen knife and wash them with blood!"

Lin Yuan smiled helplessly and asked, "Have you checked out the details of this Chinese man?"

Fade Chen said helplessly: "No one at the pier knows the details of this comprador. They all say that he is a newcomer, and no one knows what happened to him before."

Lin Yuan frowned, and said worriedly: "Since he turned his face after you explained the purpose of coming, it means that he is very unwilling to discuss the sale of these minerals with you. I got it, but I didn't expect them to have such an attitude, it seems that what I was most worried about happened."

Fade Chen asked, "What are you worried about?"

Lin Yuan said: "I am worried that the buyer of this batch of goods is the British government. This batch of supplies is completely for military use, so we have nothing to do."

Fade Chen asked: "I'm a little confused. These materials are needed for the development of weapons. They are not purchased by the army, but can they be purchased by someone else?"

Lin Yuan said: "You didn't understand what I meant. There are also different situations in military purchases. One is that the military finds commercial companies and buys them from commercial companies. This purchase is regarded as ordinary goods purchases, so commercial companies are in larger Driven by their own interests, they will choose to default on the military and then turn to the party with a higher bid.”

"There is another situation like this. When the army purchases, it shows that this kind of material is very important for national defense. If the commercial company defaults on the contract out of interest, the army will take severe sanctions. The purpose is only one, that is Ensure that this batch of goods can be delivered to the hands of the army."

Fade Chen rubbed his head and said, "I don't understand anymore. Will the orders from the army be disguised as ordinary orders?"

Lin Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, I have experienced such a thing, because commercial companies are different from the military. Many commercial companies are joint-stock companies. There are several major shareholders and many small shareholders. The company's The trade situation must be known to all shareholders, so the military order cannot be kept secret."

"For example, our navy ordered a batch of target designation radars from Europe in the early days, but these radars came under the guise of civilian use, and commercial companies are not very clear about their purpose. I don't know if I have explained it clearly?"

Fade Chen nodded and said, "You said so much, you just want to say, our batch of goods can't be produced without unconventional means?"

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "From the current situation, this is the case."

Fade Chen said: "Then let's be a pirate again and get these goods down."

Lin Yuan said: "Didn't Zhou Sihua just say that a batch of goods will arrive in Shanghai recently? We will get that batch of goods."

Chen Fei asked: "Then where is the right place for us to do it?"

Lin Yuan said: "If it is done on land, it will definitely attract the attention of the British guards, and it will also cause international disputes. I think it is better to do it at sea. There is no radio communication device on their ships. As long as they go to the sea, they will communicate with the world." Quarantine, we can do whatever we want there!”